Learning Support

List of 3 items.

• Requirements for Learning Support Services

  Students eligible for learning support services at The Emery/Weiner School must have a documented learning  difference or health-related need and must submit one of the following:
  For a student to be granted educational accommodations at Emery/Weiner, first he or she must demonstrate an educational need evidenced by:
  

  • Documentation by professional outside testing that shows and supports the need; and
  • School performance as measured by demonstration of need in a classroom setting

• Accommodations Supported

  • Extended Time: student will be entitled to extra time (time + ½) on timed, graded assessments. Generally, this accommodation will be subject specific, dependent upon the student’s need. 
  • Laptop: student will be allowed to use a laptop for note-taking, in-class written assignments, quizzes, and exams with extended writing segments. Using the laptop should facilitate the writing process for the student and help him or her edit and spell-check the work. Misuse of laptop may result in forfeit of this accommodation.
  • Note-taking: a copy of class notes will be made available to the student in order to supplement his or her own class notes; the student is still asked to take notes of his or her own. The notes will either be taken by an assigned classmate, from a copy of the teacher’s own notes, or the teacher may post the presentation or document to Blackbaud.
  • Preferential Seating: student is entitled to sit in an area of the classroom closest to where the teacher presents class material or in a location where he or she is most likely to stay focused on the material that is being taught.
  • Other: Additional accommodations will be considered based on student need. For example, a student may be permitted to utilize graph paper for organizing his or her writing (he or she will need to provide his or her own graph paper) or students who present compelling educational need might be eligible for modified spelling expectations or allowed to forego the use of scantron sheets in exchange for writing in their answers directly on tests, etc.

• Extended time testing policy – SAT/ACT

  A student with a disability may be eligible to take the College Board and ACT tests with special accommodations. To be granted extended time on the PSAT given in October of freshman, sophomore, and junior year, students must begin the application process by August 10th of that year; a consent form for release of information is required.
   
  For ACT, the application process to submit for accommodations requires the student to be registered for a specific test date. After you register for the test at www.act.org, please forward the confirmation email to the upper school learning specialist along with your child’s ACT ID# and the consent form. Please allow approximately two weeks for the request for accommodation to be completed. Following that, it may take up to four weeks for a decision from ACT. Our College Counseling Department recommends that students take the ACT during the spring semester of junior year.
   
  Having been granted extended time or other accommodations at EWS in no way guarantees that the student will meet the qualifications of these independent agencies. If an application for accommodations is denied by the College Board or ACT, any appeal of that decision is the responsibility of the parent/guardian.